Renamed a variable for clarity

README.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Help:
 
 #### DCS related
 
-- `-o:` **Turns on the output of the `channels_to_be_used`** specified in `lr_powersupply.json` before running the sequence of scans. **Turns the output off again** after running all the scans.
+- `-o:` **Turns on the output of the `channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator`** specified in `lr_powersupply.json` before running the sequence of scans. **Turns the output off again** after running all the scans.
 
 - `-d:` Monitor the PS and store **real-time DCS data in InfluxDB**.
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Most of the items are self-explanatory. Here are the ones that may require some
 
 #### Powersupply configuration file (lr_powersupply.json)
 
-Contains the actual information to establish communication with the PS as well as the definition of the channels. Amongst all the channels you have defined, select the ones you want to use in "channels_to_be_used". The SO will ignore any channel not appearing there. 
+Contains the actual information to establish communication with the PS as well as the definition of the channels. Amongst all the channels you have defined, select the ones you want to use in "channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator". The SO will ignore any channel not appearing there. 
 
 - **`.devices`**: Write here the PS / PSs you want to use. A list of supported "`hw-model`" and "`protocol`" is available in [labRemote's README.md](https://gitlab.cern.ch/berkeleylab/labRemote#python-bindings). To find the port your PS is connected to, look at the output of `ls -l /dev/serial/by-id/`.
   

ScanOperator.sh

@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ if  [[ $dcsMonitor == 1 ]]
 then
     chn=""
 
-    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used | length' $PSCFG)"
+    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator | length' $PSCFG)"
     for (( i=0; i<$nChannels; i++ ))
     do
-        chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
+        chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
         chn+="$chName,"
     done
     chn="${chn::-1}"
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ fi
 if [ $dcsOnOff == 1 ] ;then
     echo -e "\n[ info ][so] Turning ON the PS..."
 
-    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used | length' $PSCFG)"
+    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator | length' $PSCFG)"
     for (( i=0; i<$nChannels; i++ ))
     do
-        chn="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
+        chn="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
         python3 $SOBASE/libDCS/qaqc.py -e $PSCFG -c $chn -d $INFLUXDBDCSCFG power-on
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
     done
@@ -558,10 +558,10 @@ done
 if [ $dcsOnOff == 1 ]; then
     echo -e "\n[ info ][so] Turning OFF the PS..."
 
-    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used | length' $PSCFG)"
+    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator | length' $PSCFG)"
     for (( i=0; i<$nChannels; i++ ))
     do
-        chn="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
+        chn="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
         python3 $SOBASE/libDCS/qaqc.py -e $PSCFG -c $chn -d $INFLUXDBDCSCFG power-off
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
     done

configs/lr_powersupply.json

 {
     "LR_lib_path":  "/path/to/labRemote/build/lib",
-    "channels_to_be_used": [
+    "channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator": [
         {
             "name": "LV"
         }

libDCS/read_dcs_background.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 
 chn=""
-nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used | length' $PSCFG)"
+nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator | length' $PSCFG)"
 for (( i=0; i<$nChannels; i++ ))
 do
-    chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
+    chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
     chn+="$chName,"
 done
 chn=${chn::-1}

scanLauncher.sh

@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ if [[ $dcsMonitor == 1 ]] ;then
     echo "[ info ][sl] Getting single [V, I] measurement"
     chn=""
 
-    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used | length' $PSCFG)"
+    nChannels="$(jq -j '.channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator | length' $PSCFG)"
     for (( i=0; i<$nChannels; i++ ))
     do
-        chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
+        chName="$(jq -j ".channels_to_be_used_by_the_scanoperator[$i].name" $PSCFG)"
         chn+="$chName,"
     done
     chn="${chn::-1}"